After leaving Scotland, we stayed in Newcastle for 2 days instead of returning to London directly
Newcastle is home to a great sculpture, The Angel of the North, designed by Anthony Gormley. It stands 20m tall and 54m wide, and can be seen for miles. When seen from a distance it is usually just a tiny thing, but up close it is very impressive.
Angel of the North
Angels of the North
We also went to see the Jim Carrey movie “Yes Man”, which was ok.
We went to Cambridge on a day trip.
The time eater
We saw this crazy clock on one of the main street corners. The grasshopper demon on the top is a Chronophage, or time eater. The first link has a cool video of the clock in action.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/sep/18/corpus.clock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Clock
We also saw the university, many old buildings, a market, and the river, with people punting down it. Nothing else was as good as the clock though.
We saw this cool glass sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. It is 8.1m high, and weighs 1724kg. It was made by Dale Chihuly and his team in 2001 in Seattle. How do I know? I also took a photo of the informational plaque.
Sculpture by Dale Chihuly
It is hanging directly above the main information desk. I think I would be scared to work there, for fear of being crushed/impaled if the thing ever broke free.